Bevin Molotov clash as Big Five fail to reach accord
Bitter exchanges marked the Big Five talks with Ernest Bevin and V. M. Molotov trading sharp rebukes over boundaries and repatriation while discussions on Austria Balkan food and Western frontier plans stalled. Molotov floated a joint Far East policy, but Byrnes resisted expanding the agenda beyond Europe.
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Associated Press
ONDON
Ernest Bevin
V. M. Molotov
Big Five council
Austria
Balkan
FAR EAST
Molotov
Gen
MacArthur
Japan
Pacific
James F. Byrnes
Hungary
Rumania
Bulgaria
Finland
United States
Russia
Greatyriain
France
China
Bevin
Greece
Eleven thousand RCAF reserve released from service
Ottawa reports that eleven thousand members of the Royal Canadian Air Force have been released from service. Transferred earlier to the trained air crew reserve as Germany fell, their final documents are now complete and no further action by individuals is needed.
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OTTAWA
RCAF
air force
Germany
Gibson
Europa Brings 4,587 Veterans Home from Europe
The USS Europa, once a famed German record holder for the Atlantic run, arrived at New York harbor on Monday with 4,587 veterans returning from Europe.
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NEW YORK
US.S. Europa
New York harbor
United States navy
Europe
Left Hand Corner raises ire over Purbeck evacuees
The London Times notes Noblesk’s tribute on Slapton Sands for evacuating South Hams residents to create a D Day training area. It contrasts this with Isle of Purbeck evacuees still living in temporary billets, amid fears a permanent transfer of lands may occur. The piece cites military delayed returns and questions long term plans for the Purbeck coast.
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Slapton Sands
South Hams
London Times
Isle of Purbeck
Isle of
Purbeck
England
Gets Two Years A W O L Charge
Private Adrien Demers a 35 year old Montrealer was found guilty by a field general court martial of being absent without leave for four years and eight months. He received two years hard labor and discharge with ignominy for the period Jan 16 1941 to Aug 30 1945. He was arrested at Guildford Surrey. Demers had told a reporter he supported his family from earnings of a racing dog he bought.
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BORDON
Hampshire
England
Cable
Adrien Demers
Montreal
Guildford
Surrey
Demers
67 Canucks Reach Home
STANLEY MONCRIEP reports from Vancouver on September 25 as 67 Canadian soldiers repatriated after over three years in Japanese prisoner camps reveal brutal torture and brutal work. The group includes Winnipeg Grenadiers and Royal Signals veterans.
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STANLEY MONCRIEP
Presh
VANCOUVER
Canada
Mong King
Winnipeg Grenadiers
Royal Rules
auxiliary services
Pte
Gordon Cole
Winnipeg
Sendai
Yokohama
Washington Voices Alarm At Idleness From Strike Spread
Washington voices alarm at idleness as strikes spread across industry. The Ways and Means Committee shelved all legislation liberalizing unemployment benefits by a 14 to 10 vote, rejecting President Truman’s request. Tomorrow the panel will begin drafting first peacetime tax relief measures.
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WASHINGTON
ways and means committee
house of representatives
United States
Truman
Doughton
Dem. N.C
Jap Planes Bombed London So Heavily Rumors Reach Prisoner
DIVERFOOL England Sept 25 Reuters A British prisoner Corporal Stanley Bruce of Liverpool recounted a Japanese guard claim that London was bombed so heavily that millions fled to the jungle. Bruce, captured in Sumatra in 1942, describes guards boasting of ceaseless raids on London and New York and the impossibility of rebuilding London due to no bamboo left.
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London
DIVERFOOL
England
Reuters
Cpl
Stanley Bruce
Liverpool
Calcutta
Sumatra
Burma-Siam
New York
James A. Davidson Lethbridge Educationist Dies at 69
James A. Davidson longtime Lethbridge educator and central school principal for 29 years died at a local hospital after an operation at University Hospital in Edmonton. He returned to teaching at the start of the new term before his illness proved fatal. Survived by wife Margaret and three grandchildren, with three brothers and three sisters. Predeceased by two brothers.
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Central School
Davidson
University Hospital
Edmonton
Jim" Davidzon
Alberta
Okotaks
Claresholm
partment
transport
Norman Wells
M.T
Margaret
Stuart Duncan
Sarnia
Ont
J. J. Davidson
Grimsby
Drayton
R. B. Davidson
K.C
Lethbridge
Wallace
Jones
Vancouver
Johnson
Victoris
Lethbridge school leader Davidson dies after long service
Drayton born educator born September 5 1876 in Ontario. He taught in Peel township Rockwood and Clarkson before moving west in 1904. He became central school principal in Lethbridge in 1918 and earned wide respect. Surviving family includes Agnes of Lethbridge Helena Wray and Clancy.
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Lethbridge
Central School
Ontario
Mr. Davidson
Drayeson, Ont
William J
Elizabeth Davidson
Drayton
Fergus and Guelph
Toronto
Peel township
Rockwood
Ont
Clarkson
Idaho
Calgary
Okotuks
Claresholm
Rockford
Luella Clancy
that town
Davidson
Agnea
Bowmen school
Hitzel
W. J Wray
New York city
Clancy
Mikado's Hold On Throne Is Now Precarious
Emperor Hirohito faces a tenuous hold on the throne as discussions of abdication swirl amid Tokyo sources. A potential audience with General MacArthur at the U.S. embassy signals unprecedented royal conduct while anti-monarchist sentiment and police crackdowns loom. The White House policy supports maintaining Japan's current government while allowing changes toward less feudal tendencies with limited Allied intervention if violence erupts.
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DEWITT MACKENZIE
Associated Press
Hirohito
messure
ren
Tokyo
Mikado
United States
MacArthur
Gen
Japan
White House
Washington
Montreal Feels Full Impact Of Closure
The Canadian Press reports Montreal bears the brunt of meat rationing protests as shops close and reopen. Gangs rove streets forcing closures while over 1,000 Montreal butchers vote to continue the strike. Some dealers in Victoria Edmonton Lethbridge Camrose and Nova Scotia towns keep doors shut amid widespread unrest.
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Canada
Montreal
Victoria
Alberta
Edmonton
Lethbridge
Camrose
Nova Scotia
Quebec provincis
Retail Merchants Association of Canada
Butchers Urge End to Meat Rationing in Toronto
The Independent Retail Butchers Association of Toronto meeting with 400 reps urged the federal government to rescind meat rationing regulations until need is clearer. If no reply is unfavorable, another meeting is set for Oct. 1 to consider shutting butcher shops in the Toronto area.
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TORONTO
Independent Retail Butchers Association of Toronto
Toonto
Parliament Talks Meat Discusses rationing in throne speech debate
Ottawa ministers push meat rationing as war winds down. Gardiner cites limited grain and record 1944 hog output as peak, while Bisley argues Europe hunger justifies continued supply aid and rationing to balance home needs. Parliament debates Canada should not quit its wartime duty.
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OTTAWA
John Blackmore
S.C
Lethbridge
the
commons today
Social Credit
Blackmore
Social Credit party
Canada
national credit
monetary authority
FRANK FLAHERTY
Gardiner
Jisley
Europe
Tiley
Candas
United States
western
Canna
Parliamentary Assistants Are Named
Ottawa assignations announced in parliament name R. W. Mayhew Victoria as parliamentary assistant to Finance Minister. W. C. Macdonald Halifax and Lt. Col. Hugues Lavointe Lotbiniere named parliamentary assistants to Defence Minister.
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OTTAWA
C.P
Mackenzie King
commons
R. W. Mayhew
Victoria
W. C. Macdonald
Halifax
Hugues Lavointe
Lotbiniere
Defence
Hitler Ordered Arrest Italian Royal Family
In Wiesbaden on September 25, records show Adolf Hitler ordered the arrest of the Italian royal family and Marshal Pietro Badoglio after Mussolini’s July 1943 overthrow. He directed the 1st Panzer Grenadier Division to seize Rome and detain King Victor Emmanuel and Crown Prince Humbert, with notes describing his anger at the Axis partners’ ouster.
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WIESBADEN
Germany
Benito
Lift Ban On Cooked Meats Returns Strain On Ration System
Edmonton butchers stayed open after a failed strike over meat rationing. Most shops resumed business Tuesday with some closures continuing. Retailers in several central Alberta towns initially voted to close but reopened, while many halted meat sales as perishable stock ran down.
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EDMONTON
Edmonton butchers cylin
Gordon Says Meat Rationing To Stay
Gordon, national Prices Board chairman, said meat rationing will remain as there is no alternative. He stressed it is a moral issue, citing suffering in Britain and Europe and stating the government policy supports rationing to conserve what is left for overseas shipments.
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ANCOUVER
C. P.J
Donald Gordon
the
Prices Board
GOVT
Mr. Goridan
Pass Butcher Shops Closed In Protest
From Blairmore correspondent report that all butcher shops in the Crow's Nest Pass are closed today in protest to the rationing. No other changes noted in the local rationing situation.
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BLAIRMORE
Crow's Nest Pass
Early opening city butcher shops face possible reopening
Independent butchers meet tonight to decide on a meat rationing strike and a likely reopening Wednesday or Thursday. Other items report a second sheepherder dead near Comrey after Saturday snowstorm, the Alberta debt-refunding plan reaching 95.12 percent, B C surplus at a record, and Vancouver Island meat dealers continuing a strike.
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COMREY
iFrom
W. “Bil" Cameron
Ole Kirkvold
Lost River
Archie Fisher
ALBERTA
EDMONTON
C.P
E. C. Manning
B.C
VICTORIA
British Columbia
John Hart
VANCOUVER ISLAND
Ottawa
prairies
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
TRUMAN
WASHINGTON
A.P
United States
Canada
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CARDS
CHICAGO
Chicago Cubs
St. Louis Cardinals
Wrigley Field
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